00924pab a2200157 454500 180718b2002 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Bhargava, Meena Forests, people and state: continuities and changes 2002 p.4440-446. 26 Oct This paper focuses on the differences between pre-colonial and colonial constructions of nature and how the two interacted with and absorbed one another, with reference to the forests of the Gorakhpur region. The East India Company, while continuing the Mughal framework and institutions in the management of the forests, also embarked upon reinvention of traditions and recreation of customs. its commercial and strategic interests always remained prominent as it sought to reinforce its notions of power and authority. - Reproduced. Forests Economic and Political Weekly 54257 54257 54257 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 37, Issue no: 43 AR54702 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR